murder of Ahmet Yıldız

Name: murder of Ahmet Yıldız
Start: 2008

2008 CE.

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The murder of Ahmet Yıldız occurred on 15 July 2008 in Üsküdar, Istanbul. The anti-LGBT hate crime was committed as an honour killing by his father Yahya Yıldız, in what has been widely referred to as the first known case of an anti-gay honour killing in Turkey. To date, Yahya Yıldız has become a fugitive and has yet to be captured and put on trial.

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